Stability and electronic properties of silicene on WSe2

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Volumn 3, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 3946-3953

  Zhu, Jiajie ^a   Schwingenschlögl, Udo ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; LATTICE MISMATCH; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CRITICAL LIMITING FACTOR; FIRST PRINCIPLES; LARGE LATTICE MISMATCH; SEMICONDUCTING SUBSTRATES; SILICENE; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84927740453     PISSN: 20507534     EISSN: 20507526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5tc00435g     Document Type: Article

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